What are the important events that happened on February 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 8: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 8 is the 39^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 26, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,982,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontaenneagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 374 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,432 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 8 Historical Events

• 1726 –
  The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
• 1904 –
  Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1969 –
  Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico.
• 1974 –
  Military coup in Upper Volta.
• 1978 –
  Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
• 1983 –
  The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia’s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
• 1993 –
  General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• 1996 –
  The massive Internet collaboration “24 Hours in Cyberspace” takes place.
• 2010 –
  A freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travellers.
• 2035 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 8?

• 1720 –
  Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)
• 1822 –
  Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
• 1933 –
  Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
• 1942 –
  Robert Klein, American comedian
• 1974 –
  Kimbo Slice, American mixed martial artist
• 1976 –
  Abi Titmuss, English glamour model
• 1980 –
  Ralf Little, English actor and comedian
• 1981 –
  Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
• 1983 –
  Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player
• 1991 –
  Abdisalam Ibrahim, Somali/Norwegian footballer

Who died on February 8?

• 1587 –
  Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)
• 1856 –
  Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (b. 1773)
• 1907 –
  Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (b. 1854)
• 1910 –
  Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
• 1956 –
  Connie Mack, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1862)
• 1977 –
  Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
• 1999 –
  Iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)
• 2001 –
  Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
• 2006 –
  Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
• 2007 –
  Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation researcher (b. 1918)